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Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 9:14 AM
Subject: DAY 4 (Morning) The SUN is out!!

Druzi! Thanks again for all emails! SUN SHINING BRIGHTLY! Blue cloudless sky!! My kids are chanting "Yushchenko! Yushchenko!" while eating cereal at breakfast. Back to the streets!!
Rock n roll! The orange rev. grows! Slava Ukraini! Petro out.


Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 2:50 AM
Subject: Day 4 Late Night

Pryvit! Ok so I'm not a professional film guy. These video clips are far too dark, but the audio might be interesting...

Today was festive. More and more people crowding into the center. Buses and trains. Apparently the transport minister was under orders to prevent all transport from western Ukraine to Kyiv. He disobeyed this order... There is word of several key defections from government. Today on the stage 100 militia officers pledged their allegiance to Yushchenko and the people of Ukraine. Their leader kneeled on one knee and kissed the Ukrainian flag.

Unbelievably festive atmosphere. Like a giant tail-gate party. DJ's setting up in various areas (outside) and blasting dance music! Dancing, laughing, chanting... Photos next.

Petro


Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 2:59 AM
Subject: Day 4 Night (2)

The opposition has surrounded the cabinet of ministers and apparently will refuse allow workers to enter tomorrow. This is one of doors. They are all marked that way. Pockets of pora are at each door.

Petro


Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 3:07 AM
Subject: Day 4 (3)

These pics are from Bankova st. in front of the pres. Admin. People singing, dancing, spirits extremely high. One example of how organized the opposition is. Access to the area in front of the riot police is restricted by pora people. They are screening who they allow to be in the zone. They have also set up a system of rotating visitors through the front so they can see. At this 'yizha' stand I met a man from Crimea. He was totally psyched stating that he just got interviewed by a Japanese newspaper.

Petro


Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 3:51 AM
Subject: Day 4 (4)

Some late night photos of decorated cars. Midnight to 1:30am - streets totally packed with people...hard to explain. I've never experienced anything like, nor would I ever have imagined it. The will is here. Euronews today referred to it as "the Orange Revolution".

Sidenote: the yanuk. Supporters from the hill across from the cabinet of ministers is gone. Myron was there and saw how multiple buses unloaded yanuk supporters. They marched down hruschevskoho, and into the small dynamo stadium (Surkis is a Yanuk. Guy). Thus the hill across from the cabinet bldg. is now covered with Yush. Supporters.

Prior to the stadium info above, I've heard that yush. Supporters are feeding and providing warm clothes to the yanuk supporters.

Thanks for all of your support!

Petro